Bertha Mann (October 21, 1893 – December 20, 1967) was an American stage and film actress.

Early life

Mann was born in

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She trained as a dancer in childhood, but soon found that drama was a better fit for her talents.

Career

Mann started touring with stock companies as a young actress. Broadway appearances by Mann included roles in ''When Claudia Smiles'' (1914), ''When the Young Vine Blooms'' (1915), ''The Weavers'' (1915-1916), ''One of Us'' (1918),Gerald Bordman
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(Oxford University Press 1995): 87, 285. ''The Crimson Alibi'' (1919), ''The Man with the Load of Mischief'' (1925), and ''The Virgin'' (1926). Films featuring Bertha Mann include ''The Blindness of Divorce'' (1918), '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930), '' The Little Accident'' (1930), ''

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'' (1931), '' Father's Son'' (1931), '' A Woman of Experience'' (1931), ''The Final Edition'' (1932), and '' Behind the Mask'' (1932). During

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Mann learned to knit to make "mufflers" for American troops, took a basic nursing course, and was active with the Stage Women's War Relief organization. She suggested that the young film industry in Los Angeles might follow the example of the theatre community in New York in supporting the war effort.

Filmography

Personal life

Mann married fellow actor

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in 1928. They lived in Los Angeles and raised two children together."Stork Visit to Actress Scheduled"
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She was widowed when Griffith died in 1957. She died ten years later, aged 74 years, in Los Angeles.

References

External links

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Bertha Mann's listing at IBDB.

Bertha Mann Griffith's gravesite
on Find a Grave.

at Silent Film Still Archive. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Bertha 1893 births 1967 deaths American stage actresses Actresses from Atlanta American women in World War I American film actresses 20th-century American actresses